The following information about Sports Therapy has been paraphrased from material taken directly from the Society of Sports Therapists website!
Sports Therapy is an aspect of healthcare that is specifically concerned with the prevention of injury & the rehabilitation of the patient back to optimum levels of functional, occupational & sports specific fitness, regardless of age and ability.
Sports Therapy utilises the principles of sport & exercise sciences incorporating physiological & pathological processes to prepare the patient for training, competition & where applicable, work.
A “Sports Therapist” is a healthcare professional who has the knowledge, skills & ability to:
- Utilise sports & exercise principles to optimise performance, preparation & injury prevention programmes.
- Provide the immediate care of injuries & basic life support in a recreational, training & competitive environment.
- Assess, treat & where appropriate, refer on for specialist advice & intervention.
- Provide appropriate sport & remedial massage in a sport & exercise context.
- Plan & implement appropriate injury rehabilitation programmes.
More importantly:
- Sports Therapy is not just about Sports Massage. However, Sports Therapists will possess massage skills that are an integral part of their scope of practice.
- Sports Therapists are not Physiotherapists. But Sports Therapists will apply “physiotherapy” skills within their treatments. Because physiotherapy is described as “the treatment of disease, injury or deformity by physical methods including massage, heat treatment, electricity & exercise, rather than drugs or surgery”. Hence, Sports Therapists will apply many of the same listed skills & modalities within their treatments. But in a sport & exercise perspective rather than a traditional healthcare context.
Essentially, allied to their sport & exercise science knowledge, therapeutic abilities & understanding of sport. Sports Therapists & especially Members of the Society of Sports Therapists are proficient in applying all necessary rehabilitation principles. Which in turn enable their patients to achieve the optimum levels of recovery, that their injury or disability will allow.
Sports Therapy Treatment Costs at A+ Sports Therapy
- 30 Minute Treatment = £40.00
- 60 Minute Treatment = £55.00
- 90 Minute Treatment = £70.00